1. Look at What I Ate
Contributed by: Ed Rubesch
Lecturer, Thammasat Business School,
Thammasat University, Thailand

2. Look What I Ate…
This is a creativity
exercise we ran
recently at the
International MBA
Program at Thammasat
University in Bangkok,
Thailand

3. Look What I Ate…
The title of the exercise is a
play on the words create,
innovate, motivate, and
activate, implying both ideas
and action. Students were
asked to portray key
milestones of their life on
their shirts.

4. Look What I Ate…
It was also used as a way to get
people (who were all new
entrants to the program) to get
to know each other. The
following day, students had to
explain their shirts to each
other.

5. Look What I Ate…
To reinforce the eating and
doing theme, students also
cooked dinner that night…

6. Look What I Ate…
The following slides were used during the exercise…
Photos of some of the T-shirts follow.

7. Look What I Ate…
We are what we eat…
and this is not just food and nutrients.
What we have learned
What we have experienced
What we have felt
People we have met

8. Look What I Ate…
Create
Use all of those “nutrients”
succeed (whatever That
Make it
to help us grow and
Do it in a new way Innovate
Motivate
means!):
Want to do it
Switch it on Activate

9. Look What I Ate…
Paint your T-shirt.
Record the milestones of your life so far…
Things that you are
Things that make you happy good at
Significant events in
the last 5, 10, 15,
20, 25, (30?) years
People and ideas that have
shaped you.

10. Look What I Ate…
You need to wear your T-shirt tomorrow
(and in some activities during the future.)
Don’t let this inhibit you (be proud!)
But think about how you design the visual
messages to tell your story.
Feel free to help each other in any way.